CVE-2023-36660 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The OCB feature in libnettle in Nettle 3.9 before 3.9.1 allows memory corruption.

Published: 2023-06-25

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01023.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212112
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/commit/867a4548b95705291a3afdd66d76e7f17ba2618f
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/compare/nettle_3.9_release_20230514...nettle_3.9.1_release_20230601
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-06/msg00000.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36660
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-24
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36660

History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html

Subscriptions

Nettle Project Nettle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T23:34:57.353Z

Reserved: 2023-06-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-36660

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-25T22:15:21.337

Modified: 2026-10-15T00:16:34.270

Link: CVE-2023-36660

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-06-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-36660 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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